War in Ukraine. Ukrainians report a fire at a refinery

“last night The Russians repeatedly attacked the Poltava region. “Our air defense system did a good job against enemy drones.” Dmytro Lunin, governor of the Poltava region, said On social media.

However, as it turned out, during the raid The Russians hit the local refinery. As Reuters reminds us, since the beginning of the war Putin’s forces repeatedly attacked this factory. In your social media news feeds Show information About the ongoing fire at the site.

“Unfortunately, the oil refinery in Kremenchuk was hit. A fire broke out. All related services are working at the site. Plant operations have been temporarily suspended,” the official added.

Report this to Lunin at the moment There is no information about the victims. The warnings published on the political channel indicate this The air attack began after 11 p.m.

Ukrainian The army said that air defense systems shot down 17 out of 24 dronesLaunched by Russia on Ukraine overnight.

Kremenchik Refinery is one of the largest oil processing plants in Ukraine.

last night Drones also fell on the Dnipropetrovsk region. Governor Serhiy Lysak said Nikopol and three other towns were attacked for the second night in a row.

He added that “five private homes, two cars, and power lines were damaged,” although initial reports indicated that there were no casualties.

About intense The head of the Kharkiv region also announced the bombing of settlements Oleh Sinyhopov. Russian forces bombed Kubyansk, Pohodokhiev and Izgom.

“As a result of the bombing of the city of Kubyansko with guided missiles, three cars carrying civilians were destroyed. 6 people died – 4 men and 2 women“- he wrote on a telegram.

More than 10 other towns were bombed by artillery and mortar shells.

Head of the Kherson region Oleksandr Prokudin It was reported that 23 missiles were fired at Kherson. The Russians were scheduled to target residential neighborhoods, medical facilities, factories and a car base. The bombing killed two people and injured four others.

According to Oleksandr Prokudin, in the past 24 hours the Russians carried out 118 attacks, launching 589 mortar and artillery missiles, Grad missiles, anti-tank missiles, AGS systems, drones, tanks and aircraft.